I bought a Revell kit for my girlfriend a couple of months ago to try and get her interested in modeling. Unfortunately it didn’t take for her, and she set the kit aside. Last night I pulled it out, and noticed that the points attaching the parts to the tree are 2/10’s to 4/10’s of an inch thick!!! How the hell is anyone supposed to remove that cleanly!!! I tried with some sprue cutters, and it just kind of “pushed” the plastic together…And let’s not even get into the bulbous, thick molds!!! No wonder she wasn’t interested!!! Does anyone else have these kinds of problems with Revell??? They seem a lot worse than I remember as a kid. What Company would you suggest buying kits from?
Hi KIK36,
I feel your pain… as faras the thick points connecting to the trees, this is what i do, i use a pair of regular side cutters, but i cut as far away from the part as possible, then i go back with a file or corefully with the dremel and clean it up…
My expeience with the revell kits has been hit and miss with thick sprues… some kits have them and some don’t…
As far as other kit companies, Tamiya and Fujimi make pretty much the best kits around, butthey are more money, and they don’t offer the variety of american cars…
Hope this answers your question… Feel free to email me if you have more questions!
Thats Revell for ya…Good starters but Tamiya and some other foreign made kits are by far the best because of quality, fit and finish, etc…
X-acto makes a very fine saw that is maybe two inches long by 3/16 inch wide. I use this saw to carefully cut thick sprue from parts. Be alert so you don’t accidentally cut into the plastic of the model itself with the far end of the blade while you are sawing. With some care you can leave just a small amount of plastic to be cleaned up. I generally cut the induvidual sprues from the sprue tree about 1 inch away from the model to give myself room to maneuver the saw. I hold the saw blade directly with my fingers and use a light touch while sawing.